City Council

GLENCOE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 19, 2017 7:00 P.M. Mayor Wilson called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Schrupp, Alexander, Robeck, Ziemer and Neid. Also present: City Administrator Mark Larson, Finance Director Trippel, PWDs Schreifels and Voigt and Fire Chief Grack. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE CONSENT AGENDA Member Robeck motioned to approve consent agenda as presented. Member Neid seconded. All members voted in favor. A. Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of June 5, 2017. B. Approve the following building permits: 1. Ken Teschendorf, 1201 Mitchell Rd; New Home, Mechanical, Plumbing 2. GRHS, 1805 Hennepin Ave N; Sign Permit 3. Good Shepherd Church, 1407 Cedar Ave N; Shed Re-roof 4. Roger Schlueter, 1405 Dogwood Ave N; Re-roof 5. Tyler Lang, 406 18th St W; Re-roof 6. Veryl Jungclaus, 1605 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 7. Jim Schwarze, 1603 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 8. Bonnie Alsleben, 1601 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 9. Bev Pheifer, 1607 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 10. Ruth Kruschke, 1612 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 11. Ron Sell, 1616 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 12. Rueben Ernst, 1614 McLeod Ave N; Re-roof 13. James Wagner, 808 Russell Ave N; Plumbing Permit 14. Rich Ward, 1313 13th St E; Interior drain tile/wall anchors 15. Dan Perschau, 325 Scout Hill Dr; Windows, Soffet 16. Paul Sievert, 325 Interwood Dr; Re-side 17. Brian Kluever, 2030 10th St E; Re-roof 18. Deb Blazinski, 2104 9th St E; Garage Door C. Approve the following licenses: 1. Pla-Mor Ballroom, Consumption & Display Liquor License renewal PUBLIC HEARINGS: None Scheduled BIDS AND QUOTES: None REQUESTS TO BE HEARD: A. GLENCOE DAYS REQUEST- GLENCOE DAYS COMMITTEE Jon VanDamme, on behalf of the Glencoe Days Committee, made the annual requests for assistance for the 2017 Glencoe Days Celebration. Waive the parade permit, amusement license and fireworks permit, assistance from city parks department for setting up and tearing down, approve 3.2 beer license for the two day celebration, extend park hours to 12:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Councilor Ziemer motioned to approve the requests as stated. Councilor Robeck seconded. All members voted in favor. B. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST – KNORR PROPERTIES Public hearing was held by the Planning Commission on the Special Use Permit Request of Knorr Properties to allow for construction of a commercial building in an R-2 zone at 11th Street and Union Avenue. All interested parties were heard. Planning Commission approved the request with a 5-0 vote. Councilor Schrupp motioned approval of the request with Councilor Neid seconding the motion. All members voted in favor. 2. ELLIOTT AVENUE RAILROAD CROSSING The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the closing of the Elliott Avenue railroad crossing at the request of MNDOT. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to keep the crossing open after hearing from several people who would be affected by the closing. Councilor Schrupp motioned to affirm the vote of the Planning Commission to keep the crossing open. Councilor Ziemer seconded the motion. All members voted in favor. C. YARD WASTE SITE PROPOSAL The Personnel and Legislative Committee recommended to change the Yard Waste Site hours to the following: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (unstaffed) 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday (staffed) 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday (staffed) Noon to 4:00 p.m. Sunday (staffed) Mayor Wilson is concerned with items being dropped at the site that do not belong there when site is not staffed. Andy Thurn, current employee of the Yard Waste Site, questioned the need to work on Sunday.  Discussion led to a motion affirming the Personnel and Legislative recommendation for the Yard Waste hours by Member Neid and second by Robeck. Voting in favor were members Neid, Robeck and Alexander. Voting no were Schrupp and Ziemer. Motion carried. D. CHANGE DATES OF JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Councilor Ziemer entered the motion to skip the July 3rd council meeting. Councilor Schrupp seconded the motion. All members voted in favor. E. SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES The Personnel and Legislative Committee recommended setting the Sunday Liquor Store hours from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Member Ziemer is not in favor of the Sunday hours as he feels it is just not needed. Councilor Alexander entered the motion to have the liquor store open Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Councilor Neid seconded the motion. Members voting in favor Neid, Robeck, Alexander and Schrupp. Voting no, Ziemer. Motion carried. It was agreed to revisit the Sunday hours in a few months. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: A. ARMSTRONG AVENUE PROJECT UPDATE Punch list is being addressed. Striping tomorrow. Staking for tree placement. B. BAXTER AVENUE PROJECT UPDATE Fairway Drive complete. Baxter between 6th and 7th Streets bituminous maybe later in week. ROUTINE BUSINESS: PROJECT UPDATES: Charter Commission held their meeting – no changes needed to the Charter. Finance Meeting agenda will include a closed meeting discussion on how to proceed with the contested case for WWTP facility with MPCA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: School Board approved to share cost of pre-demolition survey for Helen Baker School building PUBLIC INPUT: Gary Ballard-disappointed in Charter Commission Meeting Marie Thurn- Charter Commission only meeting once a year? REPORTS: Mayor Wilson attended the League of Minnesota Cities Annual Meeting held in Rochester this past week. CITY BILLS: Motion to approve payment of city bills by Member Neid with second by Member Ziemer. All members voted in favor. CLOSE MEETING FOR POLICE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS: Motion to close regular meeting by Member Ziemer and second by Member Neid. Voting in favor, Ziemer, Neid, Alexander and Schrupp. Voting no, Member Robeck. Motion carried. Motion to open the closed meeting by Member Robeck with second by Schrupp. All members voted in favor. ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn by Councilor Ziemer and second by Councilor Robeck. All members voted in favor. ___________________________ Mark D. Larson City Administrator ATTEST: _____________________________ Randy Wilson Mayor